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So much great classic sf meterial in this story.

Congrats on your upgrade. I didn't realize it was Foster's birthday but I celebrated it by purchasing the newly released Tarzan book published by Dark Horse. And, as chance would have it, I bought a copy of this HPL biography the other day at a used book store. I'll be curious of your take on the Lovecraft biography when you read it. DeCamp was a pulp writer as well; was he not? I don't recall what he wrote though. So small world that is I looked up DeCamp on Wikipedia only to find out he received a Masters in Engineering from my alma mater, Stevens Tech in Hoboken, NJ. In the 31 years since I have graduated not one alumni publication has mentioned this!! I will send them a note and recommend an article on Mr. DeCamps accomplishments. Now I really want to read the biography and some of his personal work. Yikes! DeCamp's biographies of both HPL and REH are loathed by their respective fans for their innaccuracies and for DeCamp's tendency to push his own amateur psychological theories on the two men. DeCamp is particularly anathema to REH fans as he was responsible for heavily editing the Conan stories and preventing the publication of the "pure" Howard texts for decades. The biography of HPL that is considered the gold standard today is that of S.T. Joshi. the leading Lovecraft scholar. It was originally published in the 1990s as _HPL: A Life_, but just recently he released a revised and expanded 2 volume edition retitled _I Am Providence_. If you want to read the definitive bio of HPL this is the one I would recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Am-Providence-Times-Lovecraft-Volume/dp/1614980519/ref=pd_cp_b_0 http://www.amazon.com/Am-Providence-Times-Lovecraft-Volume/dp/1614980527/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y And while we're on the subject, the current definitive bio of REH, _Blood and Thunder_ by Mark Finn has just been released in a revised and expanded second edition as well and I highly recommend it: http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/mark-finn/blood-and-thunder-the-life-and-art-of-robert-e-howard/paperback/product-21120799.html (I say "current" because at some point it may be supplanted by a bio from our boardie Xaltotun )

That is gorgeous!

He is definitely an underrated talent, I'm mostly just familiar with his EC work. We missed a couple of other birthdays this week. H.P. Lovecraft and Hal Foster. I celebrated Foster's birthday by selling my undercopy of SS 20, since I was able to upgrade thanks to Todd (Red Fury).

Thanks for the feedback, Michael - I do have the Buck Rogers newspaper dailies vol. 1, and the same layout issues persist. Yep but they are a fun read.

Nice paper too!

I decided to pick up the new edition, so I'm selling my run of the Foster NBM editions (vol 1 through 6) cheap. Volume 6 is the limited edition signed by Hogarth. If anyone's interested they're listed in the marketplace in the Single Series 20 thread.

Just posted in the marketplace. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6951445&gonew=1#UNREAD

Rich, that is just too cool for words. Congratulations!

So I think the guy at Howard Days was her younger brother.

John P Dille's grandson or great grandson has come to Howard Days the last two years. The family still owns the rights. I had some of my Buck Roger comics there and he got a kick out that. They are still hoping to do a new a movie or TV show at some point.

I think this one is my favorite

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

I actually found it at an estate sale for 50 bucks. This guy seems to get the point: But this guy's gone to the dogs: "Always look on the bright side of life..."

So one of the oldest books in my collection was printed in Brunswick, Germany in 1640 and it has some pretty awesome woodcut illustrations. This is De Cruce (The Cross) by the 16th century Dutch scholar and philosopher and founder of Neo-Stoicism, Justus Lipsius. It's a historical treatise on the various of crucifixion used in ancient times. It has 22 illustrations depicting the myriad ways of sticking people up on piece of wood.

Super-Dooper Comics (yes, that's a real title). I thought I was pretty familiar with most hollow stories but this one escaped me.

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that book - it's been 5 yrs since I bought a Conan comicbook. You won't regret it. Tim and Tomas have been collaborating for several years now but they are really knocking it out of the park with this one. I really love Tomas's artwork and Tim is a true REH fan who really gets it.

Gilt spines are pretty cool too.

Many people consider BtBR one of Howard's top 2 or 3 stories. (thumbs u

I got outbid on a nice JttCotE just recently. One of the best things about old books are the illustrations -- that's something you don't get with ebooks! The engravings for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(s) are spectacular.

Cool, what is that from?

Here's the Google street view of that street today. Modern view That street view shows the parking lot.

Awesome!

So if you're not reading King Conan: Hour of the Dragon you are missing out on the best Conan comics in decades. Forget Brian Wood. This is what a Conan comic should be. Truman nails it and Tomas Giorello's pencils are amazing. He has grown so much as an artist in the last few years. Seriously, every one should add this to their pull pile. Trust me on this! http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/22-193?page=1